Table 4.
Correlation of MIF and sCD74 serum concentrations with markers of liver dysfunction and systemic inflammation.
| MIF |
Soluble CD74 |
|||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Non-parametric correlation | p value | Non-parametric correlation | p value | |
| MELD score | 0.019 | 0.74 | -0.090 | 0.13 |
| Bilirubin | -0.067 | 0.25 | -0.062 | 0.29 |
| Albumin | 0.077 | 0.20 | 0.064 | 0.28 |
| WBC | 0.165 | 0.005 | -0.101 | 0.09 |
| CRP | 0.117 | 0.05 | -0.079 | 0.18 |
| IL-10∗ | 0.225 | 0.0006 | 0.013 | 0.85 |
| CXCL10∗ | 0.157 | 0.02 | 0.115 | 0.09 |
CRP, C-reactive protein; CXCL10, C-X-C motif chemokine; MELD, model for end-stage liver disease; MIF, macrophage migration inhibitory factor; sCD74, soluble receptor CD74; WBC, white blood cell count.
∗
IL-10 and CXCL10 serum concentrations were available in 227 and 230 patients, respectively. Non-parametric Spearman’s rho correlation coefficients are shown.